The inaugural open air Foxground Concert for Timor on March 28 will help support the Bairo Pite Clinic in Dili, Timor-Leste. Acts will range from opera to rock, and feature performers from throughout the Illawarra, interstate and overseas.

The concert will take place at Joe Cato and wife Maura's property, Glengariff.

Mr Cato, a civil engineer, said he had been involved with the cause for more than six years, after being asked to assist non-governmental organisation efforts to get a hospital up and running in Timor.

Bairo Pite Clinic Australia is an Australian not-for-profit company with the objective of supporting and enhancing Bairo Pite Clinic's delivery of healthcare.

"I've had a couple of trips over to Dili, just to have a look at things and give them a report on what my thoughts were in relation to the construction aspects of what they were looking at, at the time. They were offered a site by the government of East Timor that was the original Portuguese hospital. It was in a fair state of disrepair, and had squatters living in it.

"It took a few years to organise the lease on this site from the government, and at the 11th hour the government said, 'we want this up-and-running in 18 months, otherwise forget it'. There's no way that could happen, because there was about a $20 million funding that we needed to raise before we could start."

Mr Cato said the organisation then re-focused, deciding to support the existing Dili clinic in the short to medium term.

"They were operating on a shoestring . . . The level of hygiene was pretty poor, the work ethic was pretty poor," he said.

"We've been able to put some systems in place, fix up the infrastructure a little bit, get some staff in there with a bit of management experience to have it running considerably better than what it had been."

The long-term goal is to still find a suitable site and seek major funding to build "a first-world hospital".

The concert will take place on Saturday, March 28, from 11am-4pm at 130 Hoddles Road, Foxground.

Tickets are $120 each, which includes gourmet food and drink. There will be a guest speaker, auction and raffle.

Shuttle buses will run from Gerringong and Berry due to limited parking on-site. Provision for wet weather will be in place.

For inquiries, phone Mr Cato on 4234 4272, 0400 421 610 or email jlcato3939@gmail.com.